Given name
McKendra
“daughter of the handsome man”
McKendra is a variant of Mackenna. One interpretation is “daughter of the handsome man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
McKendra is a variant of Mackenna. One interpretation is “daughter of the handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
McKendra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 53
- 0 boys · 53 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1999.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
McKendra’s family of names
McKendra has a related form in Mackenna.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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